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 UPDATED: April 1, 2008


TESTIMONY FOR RESOLUTION HONORING THE CINCINNATI BLACK BRIGADE

DEDICATION CEREMONY - WASHINGTON COURTHOUSE, OHIO

USCT WEEKEND 2002 - CAMP NELSON, KENTUCKY

MISSISSIPPI CIVIL WAR PROJECT

WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL RESEARCH HISTORY CLASS CEREMONY - WASHINGTON COURTHOUSE, OHIO

REENACTMENT OF THE "BATTLE OF THE CRATER" (CIVIL WAR)

CONFERENCE ON THE LOUISIANA NATIVE GUARDS - PORT HUDSON, LOUISIANA

CONFERENCE ON THE LOUISIANA NATIVE GUARDS - PORT HUDSON, LOUISIANA

USCT CEREMONY - ALEXANDRIA NATIONAL CEMETERY -  PINEVILLE, LOUISIANA

SEMINOLE DAYS CELEBRATION 2002 - BRACKETTVILLE, TEXAS

DEDICATION CEREMONY FOR THE CORPORAL ANDREW JACKSON SMITH KENTUCKY HISTORICAL MARKER AND THE ANDREW JACKSON SMITH MEMORIAL HIGHWAY - Three Rivers, Kentucky - August 9, 2003

ROUNDUP AT COWTOWN KEEYLOCKO, ARIZONA 

JONAS BENDER - WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL'S WORLD WAR II ORAL HISTORY PROJECT

OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR STATE MEMORIAL SUMMER SEASON 2004

PHOTOS - 60TH ANNIVERSARY CEREMONY NORMANDY INVASION - D-DAY, ST. LO, FRANCE - June 6, 2004

PHOTOS - WORLD WAR II AIRCRAFTS VISIT SPRINGFIELD, OHIO AIRPORT

HONORING WORLD WAR II VETERANS - YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO - July 10, 2004

PHOTOS - SEMINOLE DAYS - 2004 - Brackettville, Texas - September 18-19, 2004

PHOTOS - USCT AT THE 140th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF FRANKLIN

RECEPTION HONORING THE ASSOCIATION OF THE "2,221" NEGRO VOLUNTEERS OF WORLD WAR II, Murfreesboro, Tennessee - November 13, 2004

PHOTOS - DEDICATION AND UNVEILING OF JOSHUA DUNBAR INTERPRETIVE SIGN - Dayton National Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio - November 26, 2004

CIVIL WAR CEREMONY/PHOTOS - FORT NEGLEY - Nashville, Tennessee - December 10, 2004

OHIO INTERVIEWS - WORLD WAR II AND KOREAN WAR VETERANS - Yellow Springs, Ohio - December 28, 2004

TRIBUTE TO PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR  1906 - 2005 -- Dayton, Ohio - February 9, 2005

TOP AWARD - PRAIRIE VIEW TRAILRIDERS - Houston, Texas - February 2005

INTERVIEWS - AUSTRALIAN WORLD WAR II  DOCUMENTARY -  Dayton, Ohio - March 7-8, 2005

REUNION - ASSOCIATION OF THE 2,221 NEGRO VOLUNTEERS - WORLD WAR II - Nashville, Tennessee - November 11-13, 2005

CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS VETERANS BRAINTRUST GALA RECEPTION AND AWARDS CEREMONY - Washington, DC - September 8, 2006

CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS VETERANS BRAINTRUST AWARD PRESENTED TO MAE BELL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 2221 ASSOCIATION OF NEGRO VOLUNTEERS OF WORLD WAR II - Washington, DC - September 8, 2006

CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS VETERANS BRAINTRUST AWARD PRESENTED TO BENNIE J. McRAE. JR. - Washington, DC - September 8, 2006

PHOTOS - MARTIN ROBISON DELANY MONUMENT - Massies Creek Cemetery, Greene County, Ohio - September 4, 2006

A TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS - Charles Sumner School and Museum, Washington, DC, September 22-23, 2006

MARTIN ROBISON DELANY MONUMENT DEDICATION - Massies Creek Cemetery, Greene County, Ohio - October 20, 2006

HONORABLE CORRINE BROWN, MEMBER OF CONGRESS, 3RD DISTRICT, FLORIDA VISITS THE DUNBAR HOUSE STATE MEMORIAL - Dayton, Ohio - October 20, 2006

EXHIBIT - SOUL SOLDIERS - Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Opening on Veterans Day, November 11, 2006)

REINTERMENT CEREMONY - MARTIRIANO AGUIRRE - Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas, December 1, 2006

DR. LEWIS A. JACKSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND DINNER - Great Hall of the David H. Ponitz Sinclair Center,
Building 12, 444 W. Third Street, Dayton, Ohio, February 9, 2007

13TH UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS LIVING HISTORY ASSOCIATION VISITS THE TENNESSEE STATE CAPITOL - Nashville, Tennessee, March 8, 2007

13TH UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS LIVING HISTORY ASSOCIATION VISITS CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI - Corinth, Mississippi, Saturday, May 19, 2007

"NATIVE GUARD" RECEPTION AND FUNDRAISER - Great Southern Club, Gulfport, Mississippi - Friday, May 25, 2007 - 7:00-9:00 P.M.

DANBURY, CONNECTICUT MEMORIAL FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS - Osborne Street Field, Danbury, Connecticut - Saturday, May 26, 2007 - 10:00 A.M.

MILLIKEN'S BEND EXHIBIT RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY - Visitor Center -Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi - Saturday, May 26, 2007 - 9:00 A.M. - REPORT -- By Ser Seshs Ab Heter-Clifford M. Boxley, Natchez, Mississippi

UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS SYMPOSIUM - Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
1201 17th Street, N.W., Washington, DC - October 11-14, 2007

HISTORY SYMPOSIUM - AFRICAN AMERICAN VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II - 6:00 to 8:00 pm, October 25, 2007, Wesley Hall Auditorium, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio

TAKE A VETERAN TO SCHOOL DAY - Washington Senior High School, Washington Court House, Ohio - November 1, 2007

2007 REUNION - THE ASSOCIATION OF THE 2221 NEGRO INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS OF WORLD WAR II and VETERANS DAY PARADE AND PROGRAM - November 9-12, 2007, Nashville, Tennessee

CIVIL WAR REMEMBRANCE DAY - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - November 17, 2007

LINCOLN CEMETERY - A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - November 17, 2007

PHOTOS - FREDERICK DOUGLASS PRESENTATION  - Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - November 18, 2007

ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY PARTY - Caruth Smith Washington, Daughter of a Civil War Soldier - Cranbury Center, Genesis Elder Care, 292 Applegarth Road, Monroe Township, New Jersey - November 24, 2007

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY PRESIDENT'S VETERAN COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD CEREMONY AND RECEPTION - Washington Courthouse Board of Education, Washington Courthouse, Ohio - January 21, 2008

MARIE REED CIVIL WAR CADETS AT THE 2008 USCT SYMPOSIUM, Wilmington, North Carolina - February 22-24, 2008


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